Are herders protected by their herds? An experimental analysis of zooprophylaxis against the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tirados, Iaki ^a   Gibson, Gabriella ^a   Young, Stephen ^a   Torr, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERD; HERDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THELAZIA; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOPROPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATTLE; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALARIA;

EID: 79953103152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-68     Document Type: Article

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